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Spontaneous (atraumatic) splenic rupture complicating anticoagulant treatment for splenic infarction.

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Deprez, Fabrice [UCL] Colin, Geoffrey [UCL] Hainaut, Philippe [UCL]

We report the case of a 61-year-old male patient who suffered a spontaneous (atraumatic) splenic rupture (SSR) following splenic infarction treated by heparin anticoagulation. Splenic rupture precipitated by thrombolytic or anticoagulant therapy has been reported and putatively attributed to unrecognized micro-traumatisms i.e. after resuscitation manoeuvres, leading to massive bleeding upon anticoagulation and secondary splenic rupture. Nevertheless, SSR resulting from splenic infarction and anticoagulation has not been described.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche
Publication date 2013
Language Anglais
Journal information "Acta Cardiologica : an international journal of cardiology" - Vol. 68, no. 4, p. 421-424 (2013)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Peeters ((Belgium) Leuven)
issn 0001-5385
e-issn 1784-973X
Publication status Publié
Affiliations UCL - SSS/IREC - Institut de recherche expérimentale et clinique
UCL - (SLuc) Service de radiologie
UCL - (SLuc) Service de médecine interne et maladies infectieuses (MIMI)
MESH Subject Anticoagulants ; Splenic Rupture ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed ; Treatment Outcome ; Hemostasis, Surgical ; Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Rupture, Spontaneous ; Spleen ; Splenic Infarction
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Bibliographic reference Deprez, Fabrice ; Colin, Geoffrey ; Hainaut, Philippe. Spontaneous (atraumatic) splenic rupture complicating anticoagulant treatment for splenic infarction.. In: Acta Cardiologica : an international journal of cardiology, Vol. 68, no. 4, p. 421-424 (2013)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/156860